Word: favor
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...almost as if the nation's leading distiller had suddenly come out in favor of Prohibition. Having unveiled the biggest deficit in U.S. history, President Reagan said at his press conference last week that he approved the concept of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. He is expected to endorse the proposal formally later this month. The irony was not lost on the Democrats or, indeed, on the White House. Admitted a presidential aide: "When your deficit is $100 billion a year, some people are going to wonder how serious you are about a balanced budget...
...other experienced Kremlin watchers consider the possibility of a resignation remote. Says Cornell University Sovietologist Myron Rush: "Unless Brezhnev is really enfeebled, he will not step down in favor of someone else. Brezhnev's will to power should never be underestimated." Indeed, many Kremlinologists are waiting to see if Brezhnev makes an appearance at the annual celebration to mark Lenin's birthday on April...
...lightning attack humiliated and outraged Britain, which instantly broke relations with Argentina. At an emergency session, the United Nations Security Council voted 10 to 1 in favor of a British draft resolution demanding Argentine withdrawal from the Falklands. Britain froze Argentine assets in the country, worth some $1.5 billion, and Argentina re sponded by freezing British assets, estimated at $5.8 billion. The House of Commons held its first weekend emergency session since the Suez Canal crisis of 1956. Irate Tory and Labor members were virtually unanimous in directing the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to recover the islands...
...months." Perhaps as a result, children fitted with the gadget seem to develop clearer speech than most cleft-palate youngsters. Says Plastic Surgeon Saul Hoffman, director of the Cleft Palate Center at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital: "We're all in favor of it. The prosthesis seems to narrow the opening and make surgery easier. We think it has something to do with keeping the tongue out of the opening, which allows bone to form...
...other experts agreed that if the U.S. is forced to take sides, it will favor Britain...